Float for fish-lines.



llNTTno STATES PATENT UTTTCE, I

CHARLES W. DICKINSON, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

FLOAT FO R FlSHI- LINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,254, dated February19, 1901.

Application filed December 5, 1900. Serial No. 88,721. (No model) To(ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. DICKIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Ypsilanti, county of Wash tenaw, State of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Floats forFish-Lines; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to floats for fishinglines, and has for itsobject an improved float which can be easily and readily placed on theline without tying, knotting, or looping the line and which will be heldsecurely in place on the line at all times.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the parts assembled to makethe complete float. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the assembled parts.Fig. 3 is a perspective of the central plug. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation at line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

The float consists of an oval bob A, through which there is a conicalhole at, extending lengthwise and having its larger end toward thelowerend of the bob, the lower end. of the bob being the pointed end ofthe oval. Through the walls of the bob is a slit 1), which forms apassage to the conical hole a and extends lengthwise of the bob. Aconical plug B is arranged to be inserted into the hole a, with thesmaller end of the conical plug projecting from the top of the hob andwith the larger end projecting from the bottom. The plug is long enoughto extend beyond the extremities of the bob at both ends. The lower partof it is made slightly smaller in diameter, leaving the upper two-thirdsor thereabout of a proper diameter and taper to fit tightly in the topend and in the bottom end of the bob, while the middle portion betweenis free. When constructed in this way, the plug is not liable to splitthe lower and weaker end of the bob. The clearance, however, between theplug and the bob is only very slight; The plug B is slitted lengthwisewith a slit or kerf about the size of the line to be used, and the slitextends into the plug from the surface to a little beyond the centerline.

In use the line is drawn into the plug and another portion of the lineis passed through the slit b, and the plug with the line in it is theninserted from below upward into the bob, with the slit in the plug lyingout of register with the slit in the bob. As the plug is forced up intothe bob the edges of the slit are brought together and the two sides ofthe slit are compressed on the line, so that the bob becomes fixed inplace on the line when the plug is driven into the bob with a slightforce.

By making the plug conical and to be inserted in a conical hole whichhas the larger diameter at the bottom of the bob 1 am enabled tocompress the plug on the line in the way mentioned, and also the partsare not loosened by the act of the fisherman in lifting his line and bobfrom the water, as whatever resistance there is to the lifting tends todraw the plug, it anything, more closely into its seat, or at leasttends to prevent the plug from being drawn out from its seat.

I am aware that a fishing-line float has been made in which a slittedcylindrical tube passing through a slitted oval bob was arranged to havethe line held in place by springs inclosed in the bore of the tube, andI am also aware that a float has been made in which there was a seat fora plug at the top end of the bob and a seat for another plug at thebottom of the bob and that the line was inserted into the bob through aslit and into the plugs through other slits, but in this device theplugs are not conical, are only held in by friction, and no provisionwas made for compressing the plugs or either of them on the line,neither of the plugs being coned, as in my invention, and, furthermore,either of the plugs was liable to escape from its seat when a sharp pullwas given to the line. readily moved on the line after the plug has beenloosened.

What I claim is 1. A fishing-float comprising in combination a slittedbob,provided with a conical bore, a slitted conical plug arranged to beinserted in the hob, and adapted to compress the line when forced intothe bore of the bob, substantially as described.

2. A fishing-float comprising in combination a bob with a conical boretherethrough, and a slit opening through the walls to the In testimonywhereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLES F. BURTON, JOHN N. GOODRIOH.

